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Scientific management in action : Taylorism at Watertown Arsenal, 1908-1915 / by Hugh G.J. Aitken ; foreword by Merritt Roe Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aitken, Hugh G. J., author.
- Series:
- Princeton Legacy Library ; 434
- Standardized Title:
- Taylorism at Watertown Arsenal
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Taylor, Frederick Winslow, 1856-1915.
- Taylor, Frederick Winslow.
- Industrial management--Massachusetts--Case studies.
- Industrial management.
- Watertown Arsenal (Mass.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 pages)
- Edition:
- Course Book
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1985.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The book is a balanced analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of Taylorism, including the naiveté that led its proponents to ignore the emotional side of the complex roles and patterns that govern the world of work.Originally published in 1985.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- FOREWORD
- AUTHOR'S PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The Taylor System
- Chapter 2. The Ordnance Department
- Chapter 3. The Arsenal
- Chapter 4. Conflicts
- Chapter 5. Consequences
- Bibliographical Note
- Notes
- Index
- Notes:
- Cataloging based on CIP information.
- Reprint. Originally published: Taylorism at Watertown Arsenal. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1960. With new foreword.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780691611334
- 0691611335
- 9780691639345
- 0691639345
- 9780691003757
- 0691003750
- 9781400857890
- 1400857899
- OCLC:
- 889251996
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